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Sophie Berdugo is a freelance science writer with a particular interest in life sciences, especially anything related to evolution and animal behaviour. She holds a BA (Hons) in psychological and behavioural sciences from the University of Cambridge, an MSc in cognitive and evolutionary anthropology from the University of Oxford and a PhD in evolutionary anthropology from the University of Oxford.
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